Daily Archives for 11 August 2012


August 11: The Mayan Calendar

Marking the beginning of creation, the Mayan Long Calendar began on 11 August 3114 BC. The calendar is made up of five cycles: kins (days), winals (months), tuns (years), and kā€™atuns (20 years). In the Mayan calendar, a month was 20 days and a year was 360 days. In Mayan notation, the day the calendar […]